Cyclone Arnab makes landfall in India's Andhra Pradesh with 140kmph winds after 180,000 people are evacuated

Cyclone Arnab has struck India's Andhra Pradesh coastline packing winds of up to 140kmph, forcing authorities to evacuate 180,000 people from low-lying areas ahead of the storm's arrival. The cyclone formed in the Bay of Bengal and intensified rapidly before making landfall on the eastern coast.

Andhra Pradesh and neighbouring Odisha are both in the storm's path, with heavy rainfall and coastal flooding expected.

India's National Disaster Response Force has deployed teams across the region in anticipation of significant damage.